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Marines take over relief ops for Kalamansig, Lebak flood victims

SULTAN KUDARAT --- Authorities linked up late Tuesday with 2,346 isolated families in Kalamansig and Lebak towns, two days after flash floods destroyed the roads linking them to municipal centers.Personnel of the 1stMarine Brigade and local officials led by Kalamansig Mayor Ronan Garcia had initially distributed three truckloads of relief supplies to the flood-stricken folks, delivered by M-35 military trucks.The displaced villagers, mostly residents of the hinterland Barangay Hinalaan, got disconnected from the municipal capitals of the adjoining Lebak and Kalamansig towns after rampaging

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Koronadal illegal drug buy bust nets 7

KORONADAL CITY – Two men and two minors were arrested in separate drug buy bust operations conducted by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and city PNP in Barangay Gen. Paulino Santos here.Arrested were Lyndon Paclibar Calanza, 28 of Tampakan, South Cotabato was first to fall in anti-narcotics operations. Cops seized six sachets of suspected shabu and paraphernalia. In another buy bust, Alex Mangudadatu, 23 and Rona Solomon, 24, both residents of Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat. Seized from them were four sachets of suspected shabu.

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RTC Judge Balo hears case vs. South Cotabato town exec

SURALLAH, South Cotabato - A trial court judge in South Cotabato has given the prosecution five days to present witnesses in its case against detained Mayor Albert Palencia of Banga, South Cotabato.Judge Lorenzo Balo of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 26 granted the prosecution's request to give it five days to present five witnesses in its case against Palencia who was arrested following a raid on his home last Nov. 3.

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City Government champions child care

COTABATO CITY --In its quest of sustaining a child-friendly city, the city government of Cotabato has been religiously implementing programs and projects that concentrate on child care. In her State of the Children Address, Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi reported that the city government has alloted a quarter of its 2016 budget for the proper implementation of children's welfare programs. One of which is the Day Care Service where the city government has allocated 1.9 million pesos.

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2 upland villages in Kalamansig, isolated, 2,000 residents trapped

COTABATO CITY – At least 2,000 residents of two upland village
here are trapped and remained isolated following landslides triggered by flash
floods Sunday, officials said today.

We are trying to reach two upland barangays, isolated and people are
begging for food, Kalamansig Mayor Ronan Garcia told and//www.ndbcnews.com.ph www.ndbcnews.com.ph .

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Cops who raid S. Cotabato mayor's home declared persona non grata

KORONADAL CITY -- Town mayors in South Cotabato have passed a resolution declaring persona non grata all police officers involved in the anti-drug raid against Mayor Albert Palencia of Banga town.Speaking to DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal, Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr of Tupi town and president of South Cotabato League of Municipalities (KMP) said the resolution will be made public once it is signed by all its members.Tamayo did not name any of the police officers involved in the raid.The PRO-12 in Gen.

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Disappointed Donaire fan succumbs to heart attack

COTABATO CITY -- A retired police superintendent who was an avid fan of Nonito Donaire, Jr. died instantly from cardiac arrest after seeing a Mexican-American challenger beat him in their match Sunday.Relatives of Wales Kasuyo, who retired five years ago from the Philippine National Police, said he complained of chest pain before he stopped breathing and died after seeing Jessie Magdaleno defeat Donaire Sunday (Manila time) at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.A nephew of Kasuyo, Engr.

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Cotabato City gov't backs DILG's MASA-MASID

COTABATO CITY - Mayor Frances Cynthia
Guiani-Sayadi of Cotabato City hasexpressed the commitment of the local government of Cotabato to the MASA MASID program during its regional launching held in General Santos City, Thursday.

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Mayor detained in his town's PNP lock-up cell

KORONADAL CITY – A town mayor in South Cotabato arrested for possession of bullets
and rifle grenade is now detained at local police lock-up cell while waiting for
resolution of his petition to post bail.

Mayor Albert
Palencia of Banga, South Cotabato has been inside his town’s police detention
facility after he was transferred to Banga from Gen. Santos City where he was
processed by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).

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Anti-drug police unit raids South Cotabato mayor's home, bullets, grenade found

KORONADAL CITY
– Police anti-narcotics agents raided
Thursday the residential house, piggery and six luxury cars of Mayor Albert
Palencia of Banga, South Cotabato.

Armed with
nine search warrants for firearms and prohibited drugs, the raiding team led by
Supt. Maximo Sebastian, chief of Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations
Task Force (RAIDSOTF), barged inside the house of Palencia in Barangay Punong Grande,
Banga, South Cotabato at 3:30 a.m.

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